Full text of Premier Zhu's government work report (03/19/2003)
Following is the full text of the Report on the Work of the Government Premier Zhu Rongji delivered at the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress on March 5, 2003:

Full text of Premier Wen's news conference (03/19/2003)
China's new premier, Wen Jiabao, and four vice-premiers met the press Tuesday, shortly after the closing meeting of the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC). Following is the full text:

Premier vows to live up to trust and expectations (03/18/2003)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing Tuesday that he will spare no effort to live up to the trust and expectations of the Chinese people.

People's Daily editorial hails success of NPC session (03/18/2003)
China's leading newspaper, the People's Daily, will publish an editorial Wednesday, hailing the success of the first annual session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), the Chinese legislature.

Wen outlines objectives and policies of new cabinet (03/18/2003)
China's new cabinet should continue to maintain a sustainable and comparatively rapid development of the national economy and improve people's living standards, new Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing Tuesday morning.

Premier preoccupied with rural areas, unemployment, poverty (03/18/2003)
Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday that he had lots of figures which make him both happy and worried, pointing to China's fast GDP growth as well as the slow increase of farmers' income, rising unemployment, lingering poverty and east-west disparity in development.

Iraqi issue should be settled through political means: premier (03/18/2003)
The Iraqi issue should be settled peacefully through political means within the framework of the United Nations and war should be avoided, newly elected Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday at a news conference in Beijing after the closing of the first session of the 10th National People's Congress.

First session of 10th NPC closes (03/18/2003) The two-week-long First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, closed in Beijing Tuesday morning after successfully completing its agenda.

Wu Bangguo: NPC session successful (03/18/2008)
Wu Bangguo, newly elected chairman of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress ( NPC) described the First Session of the 10th NPC as a "complete success," with all items on the agenda completed as expected thanks to the joint efforts by all NPC deputies.

Hu Jintao pledges wholehearted service to nation (03/18/2003)
The newly elected Chinese president, Hu Jintao, pledged that he would faithfully perform the powers and functions endowed by the Constitution, scrupulously discharge his duties, word hard and industriously and serve the country and the people with utmost sincerity.

Legislators urge strategic oil reserves (03/18/2003)
As the threat of war between the United States and Iraq pushes up world oil prices, the nation's legislators have called for the creation of strategic oil reserves to safeguard oil supplies in emergencies.

Second board market pushed onto debate (03/18/2003)
The debate over the need for a second board stock market in China has re-emerged at the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC) session in Beijing.

Harsher anti-graft measures urged for clean civil service (03/18/2003)
Deputies to the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC) are demanding harsher anti-corruption measures to ensure a clean civil service.

Line-up of China's State Council ministers (03/17/2003)
The following is a line-up of the ministers, central bank governor and auditor-general under the State Council, China's cabinet, who were elected at the annual session of the national legislature earlier Monday:

Premier's cabinet nominations sail through NPC session (03/17/2003)
The line-up of China's new State Council nominated by the new premier, Wen Jiabao, sailed through the seventh plenary meeting of the first session of the 10th National People's Congress Monday afternoon, with Huang Ju, Wu Yi, Zeng Peiyan and Hui Liangyu taking up the posts as vice-premiers, Zhou Yongkang, Cao Gangchuan, Tang Jiaxuan, Hua Jianmin and Chen Zhili as state councilors, and Hua Jianmin as secretary-general (concurrently).

Legal system on the right track (03/17/2003)
Senior legal scholars claimed the country is well on track to complete a comprehensive legal system, with specific Chinese characteristics, by 2010. To that end the efforts of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) are critical.

Balance school budgets: experts (03/17/2003)
Primary schools in China's rural areas need more central government funding, especially in the wake of tax-for-fee reforms which have cut local education budgets, top legislators and political advisers said.

Market should open wider to non-State sectorn (03/17/2003)
China's private businesses, fast becoming a powerful engine driving the Chinese economy, should be given wider market access to more industries, the nation's top advisers said.
Greater scope for development by these firms is crucial to maintaining the country's high economic growth rate and job creation, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said.

Bankruptcy laws need review (03/17/2003) The country is in urgent need of a new bankruptcy law to ensure that failed non-State-owned enterprises can, where viable, continue to trade and also to better protect the interests of their creditors.

New premier, CMC vice-chairmen approved (03/16/2003)
Newly-elected Chinese President Hu Jintao was renamed vice-chairman of the Cental Military Commission (CMC) of the People's Republic of China Sunday morning, and 60-year-old Wen Jiabao was approved by law-makers to succeed Zhu Rongji as premier.

Wen Jiabao elected China's new premier (03/16/2003 )
Wen Jiabao was elected China's new premier of the State Council at the sixth plenary meeting of the first session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 16, 2003.

Wen Jiabao, premier of State Council (03/16/2003)
The National People's Congress, China's top legislature, picked Wen Jiabao to succeed Zhu Rongji as the new premier of the State Council, or the "chief executive" of the Chinese cabinet, in Beijing Sunday.

CMC vice-chairmen, members (03/16/2003)

Guo Boxiong, vice-chairman of Central Military Commission (03/16/2003)

New Chinese leadership elected (03/15/2004)

Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China (03/15/2003)

Jiang Zemin, chairman of CMC (03/15/2003)

Wu Bangguo, chairman of NPC Standing Committee (03/16/2003)

Zeng Qinghong, Vice-President of PRC (03/15/2003)

Wu Bangguo elected NPC Standing Committee chairman (03/15/2003)

Official: nuclear radiation level under control (03/14/2003)

Emission of major pollutants drop sharply (03/14/2003)

Foreign investment encouraged in environmental protection (03/14/2003)

License system to be adopted for waste emission (03/14/2003)

Legislators call for revision of law on compulsory education (03/14/2003)

CPPCC member calls for greater attention on vocational education (03/14/2003)

NPC deputies, CPPCC members on personal safety of Private entrepreneurs (03/14/2003)

Jia Qinglin on work of CPPCC in next 5 years (03/14/2003)

Jia: CPPCC to serve building of well-off society (03/14/2003)

New leadership of China's top advisory body elected (03/14/2003)

New lineup, fresh image features CPPCC leadership (03/14/2003)

CPPCC has new leader (03/14/2003)

Officials vow on disaster prevention (03/14/2003)

Deputies call for legalized euthanasia (03/14/2003)

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